In the past couple of days, everyone I know (and a few total strangers) has slapped me upside the head, asking why I disappeared for weeks without warning. Here’s a partial excuse:

All our stuff, in the form of a bunch of Door-to-Door storage containers, showed up on July 1. It quickly became obvious that moving house and writing a first draft were not going to be compatible, so I dropped into full-time domestic responsibility for the month of July.

I don’t have a good excuse why I didn’t post an explanation earlier in the month. So, uh, sorry. Won’t happen again. Back to full-speed-ahead August 1.